Researchers studying nearly 2 million older adults found that cerebral amyloid angiopathy sharply raises the risk of ...

PPT1 is a recombinant protein used to treat an ultra-rare disease called Batten disease CLN1 for which there is ...

Emil Kakkis and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical are taking another swing at a potentially deadly genetic disease with their ...

Psychiatry often espouses brain disease explanations for mental disorders. Psychiatry pursued brain disease models due to ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.

Slime molds look like simple goop, but their behavior suggests a surprising kind of problem-solving ability. Without a brain or nervous system, they can navigate obstacles, optimize routes, and adapt ...

Scientists discovered why some neurons resist tau toxicity, identifying CRL5SOCS4 as a crucial defense and linking ...

One former addict fears late-night games during the Fifa World Cup will lead to reckless gambling with special offers ...

Armed with new tools that reveal patterns of connection between brain areas, researchers are gaining clearer insights into ...

Experiencing multiple acute stresses at the same time, as in natural disasters or mass shootings, can leave lasting memory scars. New research from the University of California, Irvine suggests that ...

Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have identified a mechanism that protects the female brain from genetic diseases. Although one of the two X chromosomes is ...

Huntington’s disease is a rare inherited neurological disorder that progressively affects movement, cognition and mental health due to a genetic mutation ...